National Council of Provinces

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component of Parliament of South Africa legislative body upper house of parliament

The National Council of Provinces is the upper house of South Africa’s Parliament, representing the country’s nine provinces in the national legislative process.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Council of Provinces (from 1997)	1
National Council of Provinces ex officio delegation	1
National Council of Provinces ex officio delegation from Western Cape (through appointment of special delegates)	1
Senate of South Africa	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of Parliament of South Africa ⓘ legislative body ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation	NCOP ⓘ
chamberType	upper house ⓘ
constitutionalChapter	Chapter 4 of the Constitution of South Africa ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	one of two houses of Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
createdBy	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
eachProvinceHasOneVote	true ⓘ
electoralSystem	indirect election via provincial legislatures ⓘ
establishedInYear	1997 ⓘ
hasCommitteeType	select committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasFunction	participating in oversight of national executive ⓘ providing a national forum for public consideration of issues affecting provinces ⓘ representing provincial interests at national level ⓘ
hasLegislativeRole	consideration of bills affecting provinces ⓘ facilitating involvement of provinces in national government ⓘ participation in national legislative process ⓘ public participation in legislative process ⓘ
hasNumberOfDelegatesPerProvince	10 ⓘ
hasPermanentDelegatesPerProvince	6 ⓘ
hasSpecialDelegatesPerProvince	4 ⓘ
hasTotalDelegates	90 ⓘ
language	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ surface form: Sepedi Sesotho ⓘ Setswana ⓘ Tshivenda ⓘ Xitsonga ⓘ isiNdebele ⓘ isiXhosa ⓘ isiZulu ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of South Africa, section 60–72
meetingPlace	Parliament House, Cape Town ⓘ surface form: Parliament of South Africa buildings
meetsIn	Cape Town ⓘ
numberOfProvincesRepresented	9 ⓘ
otherChamber	National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
passesTypeOfBill	section 74 constitutional amendment bills affecting provinces ⓘ section 75 ordinary bills not affecting provinces ⓘ section 76 ordinary bills affecting provinces ⓘ section 77 money bills (limited role) ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces ⓘ
replaces	National Council of Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Senate of South Africa
represents	provinces of South Africa ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
votingSystem	voting by provincial delegations ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of South Africa → hasChamber → National Council of Provinces ⓘ

Cape Town → hasGovernmentBody → National Council of Provinces ⓘ

Premier of the Northern Cape → memberOf → National Council of Provinces ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Provinces ex officio delegation

Premier of the Western Cape → memberOf → National Council of Provinces ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Provinces ex officio delegation from Western Cape (through appointment of special delegates)

National Council of Provinces → replaces → National Council of Provinces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senate of South Africa

Government of National Unity (South Africa) → upperHouse → National Council of Provinces ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Provinces (from 1997)

Parliament of South Africa → upperHouse → National Council of Provinces ⓘ

South Africa → upperHouse → National Council of Provinces ⓘ